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A review by jacki_f
You Belong To Me by Samantha Hayes
3.0
I have a weakness for stalker thrillers and if you enjoyed books like [b:Into the Darkest Corner|15818362|Into the Darkest Corner|Elizabeth Haynes|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1355923186s/15818362.jpg|14106097] or [b:The Bed I Made|7575266|The Bed I Made|Lucie Whitehouse|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1327915073s/7575266.jpg|9931642], you may well enjoy this one too. It's about Isabel, who has escaped a controlling relationship by fleeing to India. When a family tragedy hits she needs to return to England. At the same time, DI Lorraine Fisher (who has appeared in other books by this author) is investigating the deaths of two women who both reported being stalked before their deaths. It appears that they may have been seeing the same man who Isabel was involved with.
This book starts really well, but it's trying to juggle a number of threads in order to deliver a couple of big twists and at some stage it starts to sag under the weight of it all. By the end when everything had been revealed, I just felt fed up with how convoluted and unlikely the story had become. Having said that, it does a very good job of keeping you guessing about what''s going on. I'd give the first half four stars but the second half only two stars: averaging out at three.
This book starts really well, but it's trying to juggle a number of threads in order to deliver a couple of big twists and at some stage it starts to sag under the weight of it all. By the end when everything had been revealed, I just felt fed up with how convoluted and unlikely the story had become. Having said that, it does a very good job of keeping you guessing about what''s going on. I'd give the first half four stars but the second half only two stars: averaging out at three.